SELENITE


Meaning of SELENITE in English

[sel.e.nite] n [ME selinete, fr. L selenites, fr. Gk selenites (lithos), lit., stone of the moon, fr. selene; fr. the belief that it waxed and waned with the moon] (15c): a variety of gypsum occurring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses

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